it's elvis working as a shirtless greeter at an abercrombie & fitch with vladimir putin. [ laughter and] that's him right there. there's vladimir putin. these two dudes want to improve your overall shopping experience at the mall. vladimir putin, elvis. this one actually has a pull string here. [ imitates elvis ] >> "yo, vladimir putin, man. i need some boot cut jeans and a pair of flip-flops, man." [ laughter ] [ imitates vladimir putin ] >> "perhaps i'll let you use my 15% store discount." [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: amazing. [ imitates elvis ] "cool, man." [ laughter ] you never know what it's going to say. [ cheers and applause ] that's a good one. that's a goodie, right there. this next one might be my favorite right here. this one is really good. this is elvis feeding ripped fuel power shake through a straw to nessie, the loch ness monster, while wearing sketchers butt-lifting shoes and showing off a picture of a mcrib he's using as a screen saver on his new macbook air. this one would be perfect over the fireplace, in the kid's room, anywhere. [ laughter ] here's the last

out mall traffic in the month of december was down 3% and retailers across the board, with maybe abercrombie being the exception, saw declines in traffic at their stores. analysts say even though consumers had a boost of confidence this past holiday season, retailers are bracing for a slower start this spending year. >> the first quarter of last year was very strong and i think there was some pent-up demand in the first quarter of last year. now we're in a more normal trend, normal spending trend, and i think that we could see sales soften quite significantly in the first quarter. >> reporter: experts say the key to boosting consumer confidence and spending this year will be creating more jobs and lowering unemployment. michelle franzin, nbc news, new york. >>> it was clear today but boy was it foggy this morning. and frost all over the place. >> frost on the car. a good, i don't know, a good coating all over the car this morning, the morning before and something tells me tomorrow morning. >> jeff? >> it's coming back tomorrow. some freezing fog possible and then throughout parts of the nort

(aaron) he does a lot of martial arts, he was a model for abercrombie & fitch...s got a really impressive story of perseverance. (aaron) hey kyle, how's it going? good to meet you. hi, it's nice to meet you. hi, i'm autumn. nice to meet you. (aaron) we're all 24, right out of college or about to get out of college. where were you at that phase? and how did you get to where you are right now? i'm in the same boat as you guys. i'm 23 and just kind of finding my own path. ♪ (kyle) i started wrestling when i was 11 years old, basically because my dad got me into it. i went out and got my butt kicked by every other middle school kid i went up against, 35 times in a row. my dad tricked me into coming back and continuing wrestling my seventh grade season, and said he didn't win a match his whole first year. it wasn't until i interviewed him for my book that i found out that had been a blatant lie, but he'd gotten me to stick with it. before i was capable of making decisions for myself, my parents had rooted in me that i needed to find a way to persevere in things that ma

abercrombie in hawaii said he would promise that he long get president obama's form of birth certificateguest: this is a longstanding issue on eligibility. from a historical perspective, it is a tricky thing. there were literacy tests which were struck down. i do not see it as being a big thing going forward. we will still air on the side of under checking people rather than over checking them. the new governor of hawaii, wants to put to better this issue of the birth certificate. he was a friend of the parents of president obama. it has made hawaii into a laughingstock that they cannot convince certain people that obama was born in hawaii. i am not sure that some will ever be convinced that obama is an american. i think he feels very strongly about this. host: democrat. caller: of a question about the origin of parties. makes these guys different from everybody else? who is backing these guys up? host: last call, independent line. caller: when teddy roosevelt took on the corporation's, when richard nixon signed the epa, was he a leftist? when lyndon johnson fought segregation, was he a

abercrombie was out to prove so-called birthers wrong. they claim mr. obama is ineligible to be president because they say there is no proof he was born in the united states. >>> some financial relief for thousands of hurricane katrina victims who may have been exposed to potentially dangerous fumes in mobile homes. two dozen companies that manufactured mobile homes for fema have agreed to pay $2.6 million to resolve thousands of claims about formaldehyde exposure. the proposed settlement does not cover claims for people who lived in fema trailers which housed the majority of storm victims. >>> and the family and friends of sargent shriver will say their final good-byes today. hundreds attended a wake yesterday at holy trinity church in washington for the nation's first peace corps director. shriver was also a 1972 democratic vice presidential nominee. he was remembered as an energetic idealist who left a legacy of public service. shriver died tuesday at the age of 95. about 18 minutes after the hour. let's head back over to lonny quinn this morning wit